Joshua Michael Elliott (born July 6, 1971) is an American television
journalist who most recently worked for CBS News. He has previously
worked as the news anchor for ABC's Good Morning America, a sports
anchor for NBC Sports and Today, and was a co-anchor for the live
telecast of ESPN's morning edition of SportsCenter.

Early life and education[edit]
Elliott was born on July 6, 1971 to Susan, who gave Elliott up for
adoption.[1] He was adopted by Charles Elliott and Toni Jordan[2] and
grew up in Los Angeles, California. When he was 13, his father came
out as gay at the time of his parents' divorce. His father died when
Elliott was 15.[3][4]
After graduating from Loyola High School of Los Angeles, Elliott
attended the University of California, Santa Barbara. He originally
enrolled at UC Santa Barbara in hopes of joining the UC Santa Barbara
Gauchos men's water polo team,[1] but instead ended up working at the
university paper, The Daily Nexus. He graduated from UCSB in 1993 with
a B.A. degree in English literature.[5]
Elliot worked as a stringer for the Santa Barbara News-Press.[1] He
then moved on to graduate school at Columbia University's Graduate
School of Journalism, where he earned a Master of Science degree in
1999.[6][7] He worked in television as a producer for Galaxy
Productions before moving onto 20th Century Fox. He began there in
comedy development and later worked in physical production. After
graduating from Columbia, Elliott worked for Sports Illustrated for
six years, covering events in most major sports.[8][9]
Career[edit]
ESPN career[edit]

Elliott on the set of SportsCenter

Elliott first joined ESPN in 2004 as a panelist for Around the Horn
and Jim Rome Is Burning, as well as serving as guest co-host for Cold
Pizza on ESPN2. On ESPN Classic, Elliott hosted the short-lived
Classic Now, which aired from June 2005 to March 2006. He also started
appearing as a co-anchor on ESPNEWS and reporting for SportsCenter.
After Classic Now was canceled, Elliott began contributing to ESPN the
Magazine and ESPN.com.
When ESPN began airing SportsCenter live every weekday morning on
August 11, 2008, Elliott was paired as an anchor with Hannah Storm for
the first three hours of the programming block beginning at
9:00 a.m. ET.[10]
Good Morning America[edit]
In May 2011, Elliott joined the team at ABC's Good Morning America
following the departure of previous news anchor Juju Chang.[11] He
also started as a substitute anchor on the weekend edition of ABC
World News, debuting on May 21, 2011. Joined by Lara Spencer, he also
anchored Good Afternoon America, an afternoon spin-off broadcast from
July 9 to September 7, 2012 as a temporary replacement for ABC's
cancelled talk show The Revolution.[12]
NBC[edit]
On March 30, 2014, it was announced by ABC News President Ben Sherwood
that Elliott had signed a contract with NBC, and would depart ABC News
and Good Morning America. Amy Robach was announced as his immediate
replacement.[13] With NBC, Elliott made $4 million per year, but a
six-month non-compete clause prohibited him from appearing on
news-related programming, relegating him primarily to NBC Sports
programming such as the 2014 Kentucky Derby—where he made his on-air
debut.[14] Upon his hiring, it was believed that NBC was contemplating
Elliott to serve as a future host of Today; in response, he told the
press that he "[hoped] Matt Lauer is here when I step away from this
gig 30 years down the road. I can tell you that the only discussions I
have had, as they relate to news, [are] ways to supply sports content
to them." Elliott would, eventually, serve as a sports correspondent
for the program.[15]
In December 2015, it was reported that Elliott had left NBC.[15]
CBS[edit]
On March 1, 2016, CBS News announced that it had hired Elliott to
serve as the lead anchor for its digital news service CBSN. Of the
hiring, CBS News president David Rhodes explained that Elliott needed
an "outlet", going on to say that "we're going to need from him as
much as he can bring in these different areas of reporting and
anchoring. It's another reason it's the perfect place for him because
it’s kind of unlimited. We have some really hard-working people at
CBSN, but we don't have enough of them."[16]
On February 10, 2017, Elliott announced on-air that he would be
leaving CBSN, but stated that "knowing how things work around here, I
may see you again on Monday morning". Elliott had been told by an
executive that CBS had desired to place him in a larger role as a
field correspondent, under which he would have filed reports for CBS's
television news programs. However, CBS executives were caught
off-guard by the abrupt announcement, and were unaware of any plans
for him to be promoted from CBSN.[17][18][19] On February 13, 2017,
Elliott was fired.[20][21]
Other work[edit]
Elliott received a local Emmy Award in New York City in 2005 for
writing and contributing to Angles on MSG Network and served as one of
the co-hosts for Super Bowl XL for Westwood One Sports.[22]
Personal life[edit]
Elliott is divorced from Priya Narang, they have a daughter named
Sarina.[23] In August 2014, Elliott became engaged to news anchor Liz
Cho.[24][25][26] On July 11, 2015, Elliott and Cho were married in
Montecito, California.[27]
References[edit]